Temperanceville United Church Cemetery is located at
the north-east corner of Bathurst Street and King Sideroad
in Richmond Hill. Originally Love’s Corner, later
Temperanceville Methodist Church, the congregation began
meeting about 1809 in the home of James Love, a local farmer.
In 1835, Love sold one acre of his land to the congregation,
and a log church was erected. A brick structure followed
in 1854 and was replaced by the current church building in
1897. The grave markers, dating back to 1834, have been
gathered behind a picket fence to the east of the church.

Notable burials include the grave of Le Chevalier Michel
Saigeon, perhaps the only de Puisaye settler to actually succeed
as a pioneer farmer in York. Many of his descendants - he
had fifteen children - are buried here as well. His name
appears on his tombstone as “Mitchel R. Saigeon” - he had
dropped his aristocratic title over the years in Upper Canada.